Apple Appeals Samsung Ruling

By

Ian Sherr

Dec. 20, 2012 8:37 pm ET

SAN FRANCISCO—Apple Inc. is taking its case for a sales ban on Samsung Electronics Co. mobile devices to a higher court.

In a court filing Thursday, Apple said it asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to overturn a lower court order denying an injunction against 26 Samsung products that a jury in August found to infringe Apple's patents. In that case, the jury awarded Apple more than $1 billion in damages.

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